Recent Posts in Winchester Medical Center Category

MyChart: Manage and monitor your health information with the click of a mouse! Now, with an online MyChart account, it’s easier than ever for patients to be actively engaged in their own health care. A free and user-friendly Web portal to Valley Health’s Epic electronic medical ...Keep Reading

Contributing Author: Preeti Panchang, MD, Valley Health Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation The medical field can often times be complicated, frustrating, and downright overwhelming for the general consumer. When we set out to see a doctor, we usually do our due diligence: researching ...Keep Reading

Diabetes is becoming increasingly common in the United States, in part related to the increased rate of weight gain and obesity. Over 4000 people are diagnosed with diabetes in the US every day, and there are many more who have diabetes but remained undiagnosed. Almost 75% of diabetes risk ...Keep Reading

There’s a change coming for Medicare beneficiaries. CMS is changing the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) number for ALL Medicare patients and began mailing new cards on April 1. These new cards with new numbers will improve healthcare data security for all Valley Health Medicare ...Keep Reading

“Welcome to the Valley Health family ! ” Those were the words that greeted 12 Project Search interns who arrived on the Winchester Medical Center (WMC) campus last August to begin a year of training and mentorship. This one-year school-to-work program, established through a ...Keep Reading

The Valley Health Heart & Vascular Center at Winchester Medical Center (WMC) has been awarded the American Heart Association’s Cardiovascular Center of Excellence accreditation, a new comprehensive designation developed in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology. The ...Keep Reading

The Winchester Medical Center (WMC) Women & Children’s team works to promote infant health one baby at a time. Our focus on breastfeeding was recently recognized with FOUR STARS by the Virginia Department of Health’s Breastfeeding-Friendly Designation Program for its ...Keep Reading

Valley Health announced today that flu visitation restrictions have been lifted at all of the health system’s facilities, effective immediately. Visiting hours at each of Valley Health’s six hospitals and Winchester Rehabilitation Center will return to normal, which is 9 a.m. ...Keep Reading

If you’ve had back or neck pain for more than two weeks, Valley Health physical therapist Michelle Young, PT, OCS, Cert MDT, has a message for you: Get a doctor’s referral to physical therapy. If you’ve been struggling on your own with pain for months or even years, do the ...Keep Reading

Written by Grace Shih, MD and Patrick Wagner, MD. Education Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the SECOND leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, effecting both men and women equally. Yet, few Americans know that CRC can be both prevented and detected by a colonoscopy. For example, only ...Keep Reading

This article originally appeared in the Winter 2018 edition of HealthLINK Magazine. Some women regard their struggle with pelvic floor disorders (PFDs), including urinary incontinence and vaginal prolapse, with resignation and embarrassment. Many in this “sisterhood of silence” ...Keep Reading

Valley Health System and the area’s largest cardiology practice, Winchester Cardiology & Vascular Medicine, PC, have entered into a formal agreement to collaborate more closely to advance heart and vascular services, expand patient access to cardiovascular care in the region, and ...Keep Reading

Written by Skyler Sharp, FNP-C. Our community is undergoing a public health concern, the influenza virus. There are many different flu viruses and they are constantly changing. Flu viruses are thought to spread mainly from person to person through tiny particles called droplets made when ...Keep Reading

Valley Health Warren Memorial Hospital (WMH) has had to accelerate its timeline for discontinuing obstetric services. The Women’s Care Center will likely stop delivering babies on May 1, although hospital and health system leaders and physicians are actively working to maintain the ...Keep Reading

The Nest is a boutique inside WMC that carries products for new moms and babies to make those first days easier. We are happy to announce that The Nest now has a new line of nursing bras and camisoles from Cake! Cake offers a wide variety of fashionable items to cover your maternity and new ...Keep Reading

Written by David Essaff, DO with Valley Health Interventional Spine Winter is here! Many parts of the country, especially us along the eastern coastline, are experiencing unusually frigid and wet weather. Winter landscapes, while visually breathtaking and great for recreational fun, can ...Keep Reading

Heart disease and stroke cause one in three deaths among women each year—more than all cancers combined. American women are five times more likely to die of heart disease than breast cancer. While heart attack survival rates have improved overall, women are diagnosed less frequently, ...Keep Reading

Valley Health has announced the launch of its first mobile app, VHS Babies. The first of its kind in the region, staff developed the app to help pregnant patients learn about their developing baby and changing body, keep track of appointments, know what to watch for, and feel well-prepared ...Keep Reading

This article orginally appeared in the Winter 2018 edition of HealthLINK Magazine. Bipolar disorder can be debilitating—but it’s also treatable Anyone can have an irritable or moody day, but bipolar disorder—or manic-depressive illness—causes severe mood shifts that ...Keep Reading

Written by Ben Dolewski, MS, MHA, operations manager at Page Memorial Hospital Each year over 25% of Americans set a New Year’s resolution to lose weight or “get in shape.” It is estimated that 80% of adults who set their New Year’s resolution fail. However, 2018 is a ...Keep Reading

Valley Health System and Warren Memorial Hospital (WMH) have announced their intent to begin construction in 2018 on a new, contemporary medical campus on Leach Run Parkway in Warren County. If the project proceeds as planned, Valley Health anticipates the new facility will open in late ...Keep Reading

Lights of Love have illuminated holiday trees in Winchester since 1988, so the December 1 tree lighting marked the 30th celebration of this annual event. A partnership between the Winchester Medical Center Auxiliary and Blue Ridge Hospice, the Lights of Love benefit event has, over the ...Keep Reading